Polity & Governance
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Madras High Court commutes death sentence of a man convicted of repeated sexual assault on minor daughter
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court commuted the death sentence of a man convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act f...
Internal reservation: Nomadic and micro communities to question latest matrix in Karnataka HIgh Court
Nomadic, semi-nomadic, and micro-communities across India have intensified their demand for sub-classification (internal reservation) within Scheduled Caste ...
J&K court orders release of AAP MLA after 8 months of jail, says ‘PSA appears an unjustified exercise’
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on April 27, 2026, quashed the detention of an AAP legislator representing the Doda East constituency, Mehraj Mal...
Amid fresh unrest, Home Secretary reviews Manipur security situation
The Union Home Secretary convened a high-level security review meeting on Manipur amid fresh unrest in the state. The review addressed a critical security va...
M.P. Assembly passes resolution to implement women’s reservation after delimitation amid uproar by Opposition
The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed a government resolution calling for 33% reservation for women in local bodies (Panchayats and Municipalities) ...
Legal limits on U.S. war involvement
A significant legal and constitutional debate has re-emerged in the United States around the limits of executive war-making authority, particularly regarding...
AAP's mask is finally off, says Congress
Urban local bodies across India continue to face systemic governance challenges, including councillor defections, delayed ward committee formation, and confl...
Restoration of Article 370 remains core agenda of National Conference: Farooq Abdullah
The president of the National Conference reiterated that restoration of Article 370 — which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir — remains the party's...
J&K HC quashes PSA against AAP MLA Mehraj Malik
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh quashed the preventive detention of a sitting MLA under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978, h...
Seven AAP MPs including Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal officially part of BJP as Rajya Sabha chair accepts merger
The Rajya Sabha Chairman formally accepted a merger petition filed by seven Members of Parliament who had recently left one political party and declared thei...
Rajya Sabha tally: BJP’s numbers rise to 113 as 7 AAP members merge
The Rajya Sabha Chairman accepted a merger petition filed by seven members from AAP's Rajya Sabha group into the Bharatiya Janata Party, raising BJP's Rajya ...
Siraj-ul-Aloom, one of Kashmir’s largest seminaries, declared ‘unlawful entity’
The Jammu and Kashmir administration declared Darul Uloom Jamia Siraj-ul-Uloom, a prominent Islamic seminary in Shopian district of south Kashmir, an unlawfu...
NITI Aayog revamp shows tilt towards science and health
The central government reconstituted NITI Aayog, replacing four of its five full-time members and appointing a new Vice-Chairperson. Ashok Kumar Lahiri, an e...
TB patients without documents miss aid in Delhi
At least 35 tuberculosis (TB) patients in Delhi have not received nutritional support under the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) because they lack the documentat...
Watch: 7 AAP MPs officially merge with BJP: What next? | Above the Fold | 27.04.2026
Seven Rajya Sabha members from one political party formally merged with another party; the Rajya Sabha Chairman accepted the merger request on April 27, 2026...
Ladakh groups seek meeting with Shah and steps to build trust
Civil society groups and tribal rights organisations in Ladakh submitted demands ahead of a high-level meeting between the Union Home Ministry and Ladakh rep...
Rajya Sabha Secretariat accepts Raghav Chadha & 6 other AAP MPs' request to merge with BJP, NDA crosses 140 mark
The Rajya Sabha Secretariat accepted a request from seven sitting members to merge with another parliamentary party, triggering formal recognition proceeding...
BJD urges Odisha Assembly Speaker to disqualify 8 MLAs for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha elections
A petition was filed before the Odisha Assembly Speaker seeking disqualification of eight Members of the Legislative Assembly for voting against their party'...
Digital Public Infra initiatives may contribute 4 pc of GDP by 2030: NITI report
A NITI Aayog report projects that India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) initiatives could contribute 2.9% to 4.2% of GDP by 2030, up from approximately...
BJP's gerrymandering attempt through delimitation in the garb of women reservation defeated in parliament: Aga Ruhullah
A bill proposing a new delimitation exercise was introduced in Parliament but was defeated, reigniting debate over the constitutional linkage between delimit...